USPTO Patents Application 09843819

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NONPROVISIONAL PATENT
APPLICATION TRANSMITTAL RULE §1 .53(b)
IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

ARENT FOX KINTNER PLOTKIN & KAHN, PLLC
1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036-5339
Telephone: (202) 857-6000
Facsimile: (202)638-4810

Commissioner for Patents
Washington, D.C. 20231

Sir:

Customer No. 004372

Docket No. P1 07424-00027
Date: April 30, 2001

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Transmitted herewith for filing under 37 C.F.R. §1 .53(b) is a nonprovisional patent application:
METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF NUCLEIC ACIDS

For (Title):
By (Inventors):

Tomoko NAKAYAMA; Naoyuki NISHIMURA

21 pages of Specification is attached.

Drawings (2 sheets) is attached.

A Declaration and Power of Attorney is attached.

An assignment of the invention to SHIMADZU CORPORATION is attached,
along with Form PTO-1595 and a check for $40.00.

A certified copy of Japanese application(s) No.(s) 2000-174991: dated June 12. 2000 is attached.

The filing fee is calculated below and includes claim status after entry of any Preliminary Amendment
noted above:

FOR:

NO. FILED

NO. EXTRA

BASIC FEE

TOTAL CLAIMS

12-20

= 0

INDEP CLAIMS

1 -3

= 0

□ MULTIPLE DEPENDENT CLAIMS

SMALL ENTITY

LARGE ENTITY

RATE

Pfee

OR

RATE_|

FEE

$355

OR

$710

x9 =

OR

x18 |

$ 0

x40 =

OR

x80 |

$ 0

+135 =

OR

+270

$ 0

TOTAL

OR

TOTAL

$710

A Check No. 31601 5 in the amount of $750.00 is attached. Please charge any fee deficiency or
credit any overpayment to Deposit Account No. 01-2300.

Respectfully submitted,

George E. Oram, Jr.
Registration No. 27,931

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